European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday january 8,1994 German leaders split Over expansion byed Reavis staff writer the concept of adding former Warsaw pact members to nato has been a High profile Issue in Germany for months. Germany the Only member of the North Atlantic treaty organization to Border the nations seeking to join the Western Alliance has particular interest in the outcome. Defense minister Volker Rishe is a prominent advocate of Alliance expansion to the East of his country. A spokesman for the German defense ministry said Rishe and his Boss Chancellor Helmut Kohl Are in full agreement on the Issue. Of course the Vladimir a Zhirik Nevsky Factor has caused Waves All the Way to Washington and has forced every one to be More precise in their plans and policies for the former soviet Union the spokesman said. There can be no integration involving the Reform democracies of Poland Hun Gary the czech Republic and Slovakia into the Alliance without More cooperation with the democratic forces within Russia the spokesman said. We have no timetable and we re con Vinced. That it s the Only feasible plan for the future. Other countries of the for Mer soviet Union will possibly follow the example of the Reform democracies he said. -. Re proponents for nato expansion to the East said the Alliance is destined to become obsolete if it does t grow. Their plan Calls for nato to set specific requirements and dates for inclusion of East european countries into the Western Alliance. Some specific requirements include renunciation of territorial claims on neighbouring nations. Constitutional Protection of Minori ties in member nations. Placement of military establishments under nato guidelines. Primacy of politics Over military structures. Establishment of stable democratic institutions. German foreign minister Klaus Kin Kel a prominent member of the anti expansionist favors a very slow integration of the emerging democracies. A faster shift he and others argue would Lead to a watered Down nato that would Only invite trouble. They Point out that nato already has trouble with Intra Alliance rivalries such As the turkish greek dispute Over Cyprus. Despite All the talk about common values one anti expansionist commentator wrote nato was effective because it was built upon the american deterrent notably the 7,000 nuclear warheads stationed mostly in Germany. The anti expansionist ask if countries seeking admission would be willing to put that deterrent on their Borders with rus Sia. If not and if they Are satisfied with be coming paper members of the Alliance such As France or Spain then they really cannot fear russian expansion the claim. Contributing to this report staff writer Rosemary Sawyer in Brussels. Belgium nato from Page 1 considers its former satellites still within its political sphere of influence. Recent pronouncements and warnings to the West from the russian government about admitting its for Mer satellite states into nato have done Little to Stem fears on the Rise of a new russian Empire. Adding to these nations fears is the surprising Politi Cal Success of Ultra nationalist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky and his Liberal democratic party which was the top vote getter in dec 12 parliamentary elections in rus Sia. A Mirinovsky s views have been compared to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The Alliance also will attempt to appease membership seekers through inclusion in a recently approved plan that adjusts the Allied military Structure. On thursday the Alliance removed the last barriers to changing that Structure. The changes allow nato and former Warsaw pact countries including Russia to join forces to meet emergencies inside and outside Europe. The new plan allows for the creation of multinational task forces made up of nato and non nato troops who would train together and be available for Relief or peacekeeping missions. The task forces could include three or four nato countries and troops from Poland and Hungary to meet crises such As that in Bosnia and Herzegovina where croats serbs and muslims Are fighting a bloody civil War. American inclusion on the task forces is not mandatory. .,.". But any such multinational task Force action would require approval by ambassadors from the 16 nato nations that form the North Atlantic Council the Prin Cipal political Organ of nato. The approval of this plan was made possible because the Lone stumbling Block France dropped its objections to the concept the new York times reported thursday. Clinton and other nato nation leaders Are expected to approve the plan next week and order its fur ther development. Clinton reportedly approves because it shifts some financial obligations to european nations and it prevents automatic . Involvement in conflicts involving any nato member As the Alliance charter requires. Contributing to Nisi report staff writer Rosemary Sawyer in Brussels Bel Gium. Is Jim dry incoming Home to someone special spec. Aaron born holds his new son Kristian in Berlin on thursday As his wife Phebe rejoices at his Homecoming from Macedonia. Boren saw Kristian for the first time after nearly seven months of duty in the former yugoslav Republic As part of operation Able sentry to watch Over the Border with Yugoslavia. A Mirinovsky possibly got fallen communists Aid Berlin a proud of his links to Germany s extreme right russian Ultra nationalist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky May also have received funds once owned by the East German communist party. A German Agency said Friday that it s investigating whether Money from the defunct regime financed the Sharp tongued populist whose party stunned the world in last month s elections. When the East German regime col lapsed in december 1989, there were re mors that the aging communists had stashed away billions of dollars overseas. Government investigators Are still seek ing to recover whatever Money they can find. Since a Mirinovsky s party gathered nearly one Quarter of the vote in last month s russian parliamentary elections there have been numerous questions about who is backing him. On Friday a spokesman for the Agency charged with Selling off East German Busi Nesses said investigators were seeking to determine whether former communist party funds were channelled Toz Mirinovsky. Wolf Schoede a spokesman for the tre hand Agency said investigators were focusing on Werner Girke who once handled foreign financial holdings for the East German communists. The tre hand said the offices of tvo a financial holdings company run by Girke. Were searched thursday. The tre hand also removed Girke from control of tvo and took Over the company s administration. Tre hand director Josef Dierdorf told a news conference that a Mirinovsky s aides visited the tvo Headquarters in Berlin for up to 10 weeks last summer and fall. Dierdorf said the government had already recovered 50 million Marks $29.4 million in East German communist party funds under Girke s control. News reports about a possible link be tween East Germany s ousted communists and a Mirinovsky first appeared in the Berliner Zeitung daily newspaper and the mass circulation Bild newspaper. The Berliner Zeitung reported that a Mirinovsky met with Girke last month during a stay in the austrian Alps. A Mirinovsky already boasts of close ties to the extreme rightist German people s Union and its Leader publisher Gerhard Frey of Munich. Man caught in lathe amputated Arm Peoria 111. A a Man working alone in his Auto shop Cut off his forearm with a pair of wire cutters to keep from bleeding to death after he got tangled Ina machine. Glen Page 49, was using a lathe thursday when his hand and Arm were caught and mangled in the machine fire fighters said. Page grabbed a pair of wire cutters and Cut through most of the remaining flesh As the machine continued to turn. He freed himself and used his shirt and a screwdriver to make a Tourniquet. He called firefighters locked up the shop and went outside to await help. He was sitting by the door when we got there said fire capt. De Scoby. He had his Arm with him. It was about 98 percent severed doctors at St. Francis medical Center spent hours trying to reattach the  family requested that information on his condition be withheld Early Friday